• General Documents
• Admission
• Readmission and/or Internal Transfer
• International Students
• Research
• Assistantships
• Study Plan
• Academic Progress
• Writing the Thesis 
• Oral Examination (Thesis Defense) 
• Graduation 
• Miscellaneous 
• Memos - Office of Graduate Studies

General Documents

• Certificate 97-21 ("Regulations that Govern Graduate Studies as UPRM")
• Graduate Catalogue
• Academic Calendar
• The GRE Analytical Writing Measure: An Asset in Admissions Decisions
• BARRIERS TO SUCCESS: What are some of the challenges for
  students and faculty whose first language is not English?
• UPRM-CUNY MOU for doctoral programs
• Results from the 2007 CGS International Graduate Admissions Survey (November 2007)

Admission

• Frequently Asked Questions About the Admissions Process
• Request Admission as a Regular Student
• Form to Request Admission as a Professional Development, Visiting or Exchange Student
• GRE^® - Graduate Record Examinations
• TOEFL^® - Test of English as a Foreign LanguageT
• EXADEP^TM - Examen de Admisión a Estudios de Posgrado^TM
• GMAT - Graduate Management Admission Test
• Required Medical Documentation (Regular Student)
• Required Medical Documentation (Visiting or Professional Development Student)
• Required Medical Documentation (International Student)
• Deferred Admission Policy

International Students

• Evidence needed to obtain Certificate Of Eligibility for Nonimmigrant (F-1) Student Status Form I-20
• Form to Authorize Payment
• Information Manual for International Students (PDF)
• What a Student or Exchange Visitor can Expect Upon Arrival at a U.S. Port of Entry (PDF)

Research

• CPSHI "Comité para la Protección de Seres Humanos en la Investigación"

Assistantships

• Certificate 05-62 from UPRM's Academic Senate: Regulations Governing Graduate Students Assistantships at UPRM
• Certificate number 88-89-135 from the Board of Higher Education, with Amendment - Certificate 140 from the Union Committee (Regulations Governing Assistantships at UPR)
• Certificate 06-07-092 from the Administrative Board (Procedures to Administer and Award Graduate Assistantships through the Tuition Assistance System at UPRM) (PDF)
• Form to Authorize a Waiver of Tuition for Students with Assistantships (PDF)
• Form to Authorize Payment of Tuition Fees from External Funds (PDF)
• Form to Authorize Direct Deposit (Word)
• Assistantship Status Verification System
• Short Quiz on Teaching Assistantships and other Assistantships (PDF)
• Graduate Assistantship Extension form

Study Plan

• Study Plan Form (Word)
• Amendment to Study Plan Form (Word)
• Certificate: Documentation required for Ad Honorem members (PDF)
• Certificate: Creating an Adjunct Professor Category (PDF)

Academic Progress

• Guide to Preparing Proposals
• Form to Report on Student's Academic Progress (PDF)
• Form to Report on Results of Special Examinations (PDF)

Writing the Thesis

• Guide to Preparing Proposals, Theses and Project Reports
• Template to Prepare a Thesis in WORD (Dra. Sandra Cruz Pol)
• Template to Prepare a Thesis in LaTex (Instr. César Aceros)
• How to Prepare an Excellent Dissertation (PDF)
• The Foundation of Scientific Writing (PDF)
• How to Prepare a Thesis in PDF (PDF)
• Writing Digital Thesis: Options to Prepare the PDF File
• Writing Digital Thesis: Convert your thesis to a PDF file
• Writing Digital Thesis: Paging Problems
• Writing Digital Thesis: Signatures on the Coversheet
• Writing Digital Thesis: Word tips for ETD preparation
• Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
• NDLTD (National Digital Library of Thesis and Dissertations) success story
• Why Libraries publish with ProQuest/UMI
• Digital Thesis- Unlimited Access to Research at UPRM (PDF)
• Authors' Rights and UPRM Theses (PDF)
• Certificate: Institutional Policy on Authors' Rights (PDF)
• Certificate: Institutional Policy on Patents, Inventions and Commercialization (PDF)

Oral Examination (Thesis Defense)  

• Form to Request admission for Dissertation, Thesis or Report, oral exam
• Instructions for the Dissertation, Thesis or Report Oral Exam
• Regulations Governing the Administration of Graduate Student Oral Examinations
• Etiquete for a Thesis Defense Examination (PDF)
• Guide for the Graduate Studies Representative (PDF)
• Changes in format, Thesis and Dissertations of Department of Marine Sciences
• Rules regarding the submission of final version of thesis/dissertation to OEG

Graduation

• How to Prepare a Thesis in PDF (PDF)
• Form to Publish a Thesis with ProQuest
• Form to Publish a Dissertation with ProQuest
• Presentation - Puerto Rico Proquest UMI

Miscellaneous

• General Rules of the University of Puerto Rico (PDF)
• Certificate: Institutional Policy on the use of Technology (PDF)
• Certificate: Review and Establishing Academic Programs (PDF)
• Experiences on the Approval of a Doctoral Program (PDF)
• Conflicts between Graduate Students and an Advisor (PDF)
• Efficient Administration of the Graduate Program (PDF)
• Special Funds for Increases in Registration 
• Payment - Thesis, Project & Dissertation registration

Memos - Office of Graduate Studies

• Graduate Assistantship and work program
• Deferred Admission payment
• Rules regarding the submission of final version of thesis/dissertation
  to OEG
• Assistantship and Work Load Distribution for New International Students
• Further Clarification - Assistantship and Work Load Distribution for New International Students
• Steps for request of Transfer and Readmission
• Forms for Admission as a Professional Development, Visiting or Exchange Student
• Assistantships during Summer and Registration in Thesis, Dissertation or Research Project
• Policy on Summer Assistantships.
• The Office of Graduate Studies begins assigning identification numbers to new graduate students
• Results of Qualifying Exams
• Exemption for students enrolled in undergraduate courses.
• Change in status related to a change in grade
• New System "Apply Yourself"